eug

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish éc (compare Irish éag), from Proto-Celtic *ankus (compare Middle Welsh angheu), from Proto-Indo-European *neḱ- (compare Ancient Greek νέκυς (nékus), Latin nex).

Verb

eug (past dh'eug, future eugaidh, verbal noun eug or eugadh, past participle eugte)

1. (formal) die, expire

Synonyms

• bàsaich
• caochail

Etymology 2

From Old Irish écaid (“dies”, verb); compare above.

Noun

eug m (genitive singular èig)

1. verbal noun of eug
2. (formal) death, demise
3. (with definite article) Death

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “eug”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “éc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “écaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language